This attitude and an inclination to value the human measure more highly than mystical submission to fate are two features that unite the Enlightenment spirit to the humanist one. Not all Enlighteners are humanists, and vice versa: differences of emphasis exist between the two sets of ideas, and in any case individuals in both categories vary greatly among themselves. Still, generally, Enlightenment and humanist thinkers share a tendency to look to this world more than to the next, and to humanity more than to divinity. Both consider the use of our reason and scientific understanding, as well
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